The conservatives are not happy with John McCain. Let's say that in another way. The conservatives are not happy.

We keep hearing that conservative values are the values of Christianity. So Republicans should lead the way in programs for the poor. Rather, they eschew welfare, healthcare, affirmative action, or anything that smacks of indigent aid. They poor will be better off when they pull themselves up by their bootstraps. If they taught school for a year they'd realize that there are people who are not going to be successful capitalists.

Conservative values are sound fiscal management. Ronald Reagan's administration gave tax breaks to the rich and doubled the national debt. George W. Bush's administration has followed that example. As an investor, the years of the Bush administration have been a financial disaster. Fortunes hoped for in retirement have dimished to 1/2 to 1/3 of plans that had been made, plans that would have worked in most of the past 100 years. The saying "the stock market has averaged 12% a year over the past 100 years," has been cut in half, barely staying ahead of inflation, a disaster for retirement planning. The wealth of the middle class under Republicans is rapidly diminishing. The wealth of the super rich is escalating at unprecedented rates.

The conservatives are not happy. Nothing will solve that.